Further Reading & Viewing

Below is a collection of resources for further reading on the poets and their work.

 

Booth, James. “Philip Larkin: England’s Most Miserable Genius?” BBC, 1 Dec. 2015, http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20151201-philip-larkin-englands-most-miserable-genius.

Overview of the poet and his work and specifically his atheism; includes an animation of Larkin’s reading of his poem “The Trees.”

 

“Carol Ann Duffy.” Scottish Poetry Library, 2012, http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poets/carol-ann-duffy.

Biography, bibliography, and further reading.

 

Frohnen, Bruce. “T.S. Eliot’s ‘Christianity and Culture.’” The Imaginative Conservative, 21 Dec. 2015, http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2015/12/timeless-essays-t-s-eliots-christianity-and-culture.html.

Lengthy analysis of Eliot’s lecture series Christianity and Culture.

 

Kaveney, Roz. “TS Eliot and the Politics of Culture.” The Guardian, 28 Apr. 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/28/ts-eliot-politics-of-culture-chill.

A more critical look at Eliot’s political and religious views.

 

mouse geek, director. High WindowsYouTube, 15 Nov. 2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcLNHNyzVcU.

Philip Larkin reads “High Windows.”

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